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Bachtrack is delighted to welcome Mark Pullinger as Classical Music Editor, starting on February 17th. Mark joins us from Opera Britannia, where he has been editor since 2011. He comes with an unbounded enthusiasm for classical music and opera and brings us a wealth of experience in reviewing music, interviewing musicians and publishing.

Edward Benjamin Britten was born on 22nd November 1913, which happens to be the day of St Cecilia (patron saint of all musicians), in Lowestoft, Suffolk. In his early years, the sounds of the sea and the First World War surrounded him and became his earliest influences, and his mother holding concerts at the house meant Britten was constantly exposed to the “big names” of the industry.

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Forget the Concert Hall… Orchestral music now has an exciting new venue! On the 30th June and 1st July the stunning Glastonbury Abbey was host to the latest Festival to hit Somerset – Orchestra In A Field. With numerous outstanding performances that were perfectly suited to all ages and musical tastes, this was a weekend not to be missed.

On Saturday 30th June I went to the Orchestra in a Field at Glastonbury Abbey. By the time I arrived Charles Hazelwood’s Excellent Device!, his symphony orchestra, were on the main stage rehearsing for their performance in the evening. I went to explore the variety of tents around the edge of the field.

This evening I was graced with the opportunity of attending my first opera and having thoroughly enjoyed the grand spectacle of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, I hope that this premier event will lead on to many more of the sort.

The Festival Theatre last Saturday was not the city-centre theatre we know it to be, but rather it was transformed into a German forest full of austere gingerbread men, frightened children and a witch reminiscent in terms of looks to Madame de Pompadour; not your average night in Edinburgh then!
The most striking aspect of the opera was the translation.

We got a lot of interest last January when we published our Concert and Opera League Tables for 2010, so we thought we'd do it again for 2011. It's fascinating to see how a great deal is constant from year to year, with the biggest visible differences due to which composers have anniversaries. I'm not at all sure what will happen this year, where there are few anniversaries of major significance (Debussy, Delius, Cage and John Ireland fans may now throw rotten eggs at me, but in all honesty, none of these figure on most people's top 10 lists).

This season being the last season of a Stèphane Denève fronted RSNO one could tell that after a hugely successful 7 year partnership they were going to go out with a bang and Friday’s concert certainly lived up to such expectations.

The concert started off with Beethoven’s Fidelio Overture. This great piece of music was played brilliantly by the Brighton Philharmonic, with lots of charismatic energy and colour. The fast, lively passages of violin runs in particular were perfectly performed, with outstanding accuracy and technical ability.

The concert I went to see was ‘Drumming’ composed by ‘Steve Reich’ and performed by ‘The Colin Currie Percussion Group’. It was most definitely not what I was expecting but it was a pleasant surprise and I learnt a completely new style of composing using percussion and rhythm as the main focus of the piece.

This was the first time I visited Kings Place and it truly lived up to its reputation. It was fabulous!
Because we arrived half an hour early I got to sit down and enjoy the view of the canal outside and the sculptures inside. As we went down the escalators to arrive at Hall One where the concert was being held we passed the gallery floor.

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I love the cello. Ever since starting to learn the violin I’ve loved the cello! And the first piece of the night, Richard Strauss’ “Dreaming by the Fireside” started with a gorgeous cello tune. It was a perfect celebration of all things stringy. A beautiful opener which set the scene for the rest of the concert; It was short and pretty.

The ongoing London Handel Festival celebrated the brief tenure of Handel at James Brydges’s (the soon-to-be Duke of Chandos) palatial mansion of Cannons with a daytime educational event at the North London Collegiate School (who occupy a later building on the site of Cannons, nowadays spelt Canons) and an evening concert at the nearby glorious Baroque gem of St Lawrence Whitchurch (rebuilt by Br

The Royal Opera announced its 2011-12 season yesterday. The season has an unusual profile: there is a large clutch of interesting work that's not heard all that often, a large clutch of old faithfuls, and not all that much in the middle.

On Saturday, April 2, 2011 I attended my first professional orchestra concert and my ears were very pleased. I sat next to my dad with anticipation not really sure what to expect. I chose this particular concert because I have some interest in playing the piano although I currently play the trombone.

Having been to Covent Garden a lot recently, I can't help but be struck by the variety of music you get in the space of a few hundred metres. In order, from Monday's visit to Fidelio:
The saxophonist in the busking patch at Leicester Square tube playing a mean version of Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing. Guilt at not having any change to give him.